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| RRP $29.99 AUD Published 24 April 2018 |
Klester Cavalcanti is a top investigative journalist in Brazil and The Name of Death is the result of more than seven years spent interviewing the Brazilian hitman guilty of killing 492 people.
Told in a narrative non-fiction style, Julio Santana is 17 years old when his story opens with his first 'kill' in 1971.
What unfolds from there is a true crime account of Santana's life which is informative, eye-opening and sad. What I found immensely frustrating though was a jump in the timeframe of 20 years or so, which means we missed an important part of his life which included meeting and marrying his wife and having children.
Julio Santana's story then finishes in 2006 with no update to tell the reader what he's been up to these past 12 years.
These major gaps in Julio Santana's life made his story feel disjointed, and having been so invested in his teenage years, I wanted to know how he was living his life now.
The Name of Death by Klester Cavalcanti is recommended for fans of the true crime genre.
My rating = ***
Carpe Librum!
